Lenny Kravitz Biography

With Grammy wins four years in a row for “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” between 1999 and 2002, Lenny Kravitz has confirmed that his blend of soul, funk, hard rock, reggae, and rock contribute to a sound that is undeniably a force to be reckoned with.

Born in 1964, Lenny Kravitz knew by the age of five that he wanted to be a musician. The son of Roxie Roker, best known for her portrayal of Helen Willis in the 1970’s TV show The Jeffersons, Kravitz had the good fortune to grow up in a household rich with music and art, and a mother who supported his dreams.

Lenny Kravitz joined the California Boys Choir and was a member for three years, and sang with the Metropolitan Opera. But it was in Los Angeles that Kravitz was finally introduced to rock, and it was a variety of musical influences, from Pink Booking Agent & Management" href="https://www.bookingentertainment.com/artists/pop/ Pink.php"> Pink Floyd to Bob Marley, to Marvin Gaye, which would eventually contribute to the iconic sound he created.

His release of Mama Said gave Lenny Kravitz his first album to reach the Top 40, and “It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over” went to number two on the Billboard Hot 100. Between 1991 and 1998 he dominated the charts, and with the album 5 Kravitz began to embrace digital technology to create an even more unique and extraordinary sound. The hit single “Fly Away” would end up finding a home not only on the charts, but also in car and airline commercials, bringing Lenny Kravitz into nearly every home in America.

In 2000, Lenny Kravitz released a Greatest Hits album, which reached number 2 on the Billboard 200 and sold nearly 11 million copies worldwide, becoming not only his most successful album, but also one of the most successful albums of the decade.

Between 1999 and 2006, Lenny Kravitz racked up multiple Grammy Awards and released the albums Lenny (2001) and Baptism (2004), and toured in 2005 and 2006 with Aerosmith. In the mid 2000’s, Lenny Kravitz founded Kravitz Design, fulfilling a lifelong “second” dream to be a designer, and contributed designs to such notable companies as Swarovski.

Since 2007, Lenny Kravitz has continued to write, record, and perform, and he made his film debut in the movie Precious in 2009. Kravitz followed up with the role of Cinne in The Hunger Games, the adaptation of the highly successful teen novel.